***** Official Bengals/Bills GDT *****

[TwistedChief]

Al Qaeda vs ISIS on display tonight!

Here’s to our Osama bin Laden - Joe Burrow!

Go Bengals!

[Ming the Merciless]

Originally Posted by Discuss Thrower

Then you're postponing / canceling games everytime a meat wagon gets called out.

Good luck making that work.

the guy is drunk. reerunnd or both

[Megatron96]

Originally Posted by dirk digler

Watching ESPN the Bills are still at the stadium and Diggs just walked into the hospital.

That sob SVP is making me tear up. Bastard.

[ReynardMuldrake]

Originally Posted by ThyKingdomCome15

I do believe he should hand been in that ambulance much, much, sooner.

Have you ever posted a single goddamn thing worth a damn? Every single time you open your mouth the board is worse off for it.

[FloridaMan88]

Originally Posted by ChiefsFanatic

I dislike Roger Goodell, a lot.

But, the NFL getting hammered by people like Ryan Clark is getting a little out of hand.

Police stood outside a classroom while children were murdered, and one of the reasons was poor communication between people on the scene.

The Commissioner wasn't in attendance, as far as I know, and the President of the NFLPA was not in attendance, as far as I know.

It is understandable that the decision makers took time to get the correct information, talk to all concerned parties, and discuss options and possibilities, before making a decision or a statement to the media.

This situation is obviously not common, and for the most part unprecedented. The correct decision was made, and that's what matters.

Making millions of dollars playing the game that is a business, then talking about the game that is a business, and then criticizing the game because it's really a business, just doesn't resonate with me.

The NFL didn't come to Ryan Clark's house and force him to play in the NFL, so why suddenly act like the NFL being a business is evil?

Everyone, absolutely everyone involved in the NFL wants the young man to be well and to recover.

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If Ryan Clark feels that strongly then he should quit his multi-millionaire job at ESPN as an analyst for the league/game he finds so evil.

Go work at a toll booth.

[KingPriest2]

Originally Posted by Hammock Parties

Diggs staying in BUF seems to indicate the rest of the team will be back soon.

I'd bet they gave them the option to stay or go.

Staying in Cinci not Buffalo. The Buses are still at the stadium

[RetiredSeniorChief]

The game has a score, they can make it final anytime they want.

[DaFace]

Originally Posted by stevieray

It's wild to watch soooo much energy around this game come crashing to a halt.



Kind of puts the hoopla into perspective.

Agreed. There's no chance any makeup game will have anywhere near the intensity of those first few drives.

[-King-]

Originally Posted by KingPriest2

It was the coaches and players who did no the NFL

The coaches can't just announce the game is postponed. They all talked to each other. They literally showed clips of McDermott, Taylor, the head ref and an NFL official talking on the field. And there was for sure communication with other people in new York. And the NFL announced it.

[BWillie]

Originally Posted by Pawnmower

I'm seriously not seeing how the NFL ****ed up.

how ?

They exist.

Something bad happened.

Must be someones fault.

[Ming the Merciless]

Originally Posted by Coach

Yeah, good luck telling that to the players in their faces. I most certainly would wager that you wouldn't last long against them.

put the rest of the 24 pack of Busch light back in the fridge, earl

[BigRedChief]

Commotio Cordis Can do this. Trauma to the chest at the exact moment a new heartbeat was to begin I’d see it in car crashes when they went into the steering wheel. As long as you near professionals or they get to you within a couple of minutes you can be saved with no long term effects.

[jerryaldini]

Ryan Clark and SVP have done really well tonight. Clark representing the player and their family's perspective so we'll.

[ChiefsCountry]

Originally Posted by -King-

That's not what happened.

Referees were following protocol about what to do after a long injury timeout. The NFL then stepped in and postponed the game to get more info and talk to the coaches.

Shhh let the faux outrage on the internet play out instead of using facts.

[mr. tegu]

Reality is that whether or not he makes a full recovery might be a while before a result is in. He might be listed as expected to make a full recovery in the next day or so or perhaps some damage occurred or whatever but you can’t just wait for resolution on his condition to determine this game being played as it could be weeks. Seems best case scenario is brain scans come back negative and it’s announced he is staying for observation and is expected to slowly recover.

[trndobrd]

Originally Posted by Bowser

I know Goodell and the top execs aren't there and on the field, but why the **** did it come down to the teams deciding this? Why is it so hard for Goodell, who surely is getting real time info and updates of exactly what's happening, to just immediately suspend the game at the very least? Pretty unbelievable Goodell couldn't make the obvious declaration.

Nobody was "getting real time info and updates of exactly what's happening", not the teams, not the game officials, not the broadcasters and not the NFL New York office.

The rule for extended game delays is a warm up period then resume the game. That, along with a normalcy bias that Hamlin would be OK, I don't have a issue with the NFL waiting to make a decision. I have no problem with allowing the teams involved and officials the ground making the decision and the Commissioner backing it up.